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| pwalter |
Posted on 05-04-2009 18:37
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Hi, this Tachinid was sitting on a tree-trunk, forest, Bukk mountains, NE Hungary yesterday. What is it?
pwalter attached the following image:  [173.21Kb] Edited by pwalter on 07-04-2009 17:49 |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 05-04-2009 18:38
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 05-04-2009 18:44
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18976 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Looks like Phorocera, it has, however, 4 post DC. So Parasetigena silvestris is a candidate. Theo |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 05-04-2009 18:46
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Thank You, would a closer view on thorax/head help? |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 05-04-2009 20:16
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18976 Joined: 21.07.04 |
No A more lateral shot would help I still have doubts, it is a bit early in the year for Parasetigena. Theo |
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| neprisikiski |
Posted on 05-04-2009 20:35
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Member Location: Lithuania Posts: 876 Joined: 23.02.09 |
resembles Lypha ruficauda? |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 05-04-2009 20:36
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
For me this is too colorful for P. silvestris, but colors do not mean so much. Theo, what tells you that this is Exoristinae, rather than some Tachininae? Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 06-04-2009 21:00
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18976 Joined: 21.07.04 |
It is not. I think you can see a strong prae-alar bristle in the first pic left, which would make it Goniini / Eryciini. The long hairs on the eyes are also suggesting either this or some Tachininae. The scutellar bristles are lacking and the arista is rather strongly thickened. All this might add up to Bothria, in which case it must be B. subalpina. Theo |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 07-04-2009 10:45
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Thanks for everyone, so most likely is Bothria? |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 07-04-2009 17:19
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18976 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I checked my collection, and I'm pretty confident it is Bothria subalpina. Moreover, we are looking for an early spring species, that narrows the quest down to a few.... Bothria included. SO, 90 % + reliability for me. It is rather rare species, so obviously it was not the first that came to mind Theo |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 07-04-2009 17:49
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Thank You for taking time to check it to specimens also  |
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| neprisikiski |
Posted on 10-04-2009 08:50
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Member Location: Lithuania Posts: 876 Joined: 23.02.09 |
Well, in Lithuania Bothria subalpina is amongst the commonest spring Tachinidae 
Erikas |
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